SIXTY YEARS ON THE TURF 



now a spectator of the scenes in which once, witli 

 credit to himself, he was an active participator — has 

 told me that for riding Shannon to victory in the 

 Goodwood, the York, and the Doncaster Cups he 

 received no more than, for the three victories, 

 twenty-five pounds, that being in 1871. Before and 

 beyond that date jockeys were frequently hard 

 pressed for travelling money, and many are the 

 fivers that Mr. Lambert, Mr. Swindell, Mr. George 

 Angell, myself, and others lent professionals dis- 

 appointed of their legal dues. It was at the instance 

 of Mr. W. G. Craven — then a Steward of the Jockey 

 Club — that a lule was passed which protected 

 jockeys from defaulting and dilatory owners, it 

 being decided at a meeting of the Club on April 18, 

 1880: 



*' That all jockeys' fees shall be paid to the Stake- 

 holder or the Clerk of the Course at the same time 

 as the stakes." 



I said at the moment that that was the best and 

 the fairest thing ever done for jockeys, and time has 

 proved the accuracy of the expression. The desire 

 now should be not to do something for jockeys in the 

 way of fees, but to get owners, through trainers, to 

 do something for themselves by ensuring a constant 

 supply of fresh young hands. If, however, only tlie 

 " fashionables " are to be employed — whether English 



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